Jenny Tooth

CEO, UKBAA

Dean Cook

Director of Place and Levelling up, Innovate UK

Judith Hartley

CEO, British Business Bank's subsidiaries

Jill Pay

Chairman, The Gender Index

Julia Groves

MD of Sustainability, British Business Bank

Helen Golightly OBE

Chief Executive Officer, North East Local Enterprise Partnership

David Lynch

Energy Partnership Manager, North East Energy Catalyst

Henry Whorwood

Head of Research and Consultancy, Beauhurst

Tim Hammond

Director of Commercialisation & Economic Development, Durham University

Henri Murison

Director, Northern Powerhouse Partnership

Alex Buchan

Investment Director, Northstar Ventures

Michael Parkinson, Co-owner, Bamburgh Capital Limited